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Historical Event on 8/29/1993

Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1887Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
11/30/1909Ramesh Chandra died.
7/20/1993British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.